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The Case of the Giggling Ghost (The New Adventures of Mary Kate and Ashley)
By Melinda Metz, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen. 2002
Mary-Kate and Ashley are excited to attend their town's annual Halloween Carnival. This year, few people are riding the rides…
or playing the games. That's because there's a ghost at the carnival that's scaring all the kids away!Busman's Honeymoon
By Dorothy L. Sayers. 1965
Everything is perfect when the newly wedded couple Lord Peter and Harriet arrive at their honeymoon cottage. The honeymoon takes…
an untoward turn as the house owner is found dead and they start investigating the death.Strangers on the Beach
By Josh Pahigian. 2012
Billionaire Ferdinand Sevigny is brave, bold, and brash. But his latest stunt--to sail blindfolded, single-handed, across the Atlantic--goes horribly awry,…
depositing him onto the summer tourist town of Old Orchard Beach, Maine. His sudden arrival triggers a series of sinister events that even he cannot forestall: a naked woman washes up on a beach; a confused teen-aged boy stumbles upon a crime; a naive policeman struggles with a deadly conflict of interest. Now, Sevigny, and all those whose lives he touches, must make decisions that will define them forever.The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan
By Gia Cribbs. 2018
No one wants me to tell you about the disappearance of Sloane Sullivan.Not the lawyers or the cops. Not her…
friends or family. Not even the boy who loved her more than anyone. And most certainly not the United States Marshals Service. You know, the people who run the witness protection program or, as it’s officially called, the Witness Security Program? Yeah, the WITSEC folks definitely don’t want me talking to you.But I don’t care. I have to tell someone.If I don’t, you’ll never know how completely wrong things can go. How a single decision can change everything. How, when it really comes down to it, you can’t trust anyone. Not even yourself. You have to understand, so it won’t happen to you next. Because you never know when the person sitting next to you isn’t who they claim to be…and because there are worse things than disappearing.The Case of the Secret Valentine (Jigsaw Jones Mystery #3)
By James Preller. 1999
The Case of the Snowboarding Superstar (Jigsaw Jones Mystery #29)
By James Preller. 2006
Jigsaw and his family bond during a wintry weekend getaway complete with snowboarding and sledding -- but a real detective,…
like Jigsaw Jones, is never truly off-duty. When trouble hits the slopes, Jigsaw gears up to solve a puzzling mystery, and all without the aid of his partner, Mila. Can Jigsaw solve the case before his family packs their bags for home?The Case of the Ghostwriter (Jigsaw Jones Mystery #10)
By James Preller. 2000
A surprise mystery author is coming to visit Ms. Gleason's class. Ms. Gleason won't say who it is, but some…
of the kids think it could be a ghostwriter who is really a ghost! The class hires detectives Jigsaw and Mila to solve the case.When You Leave
By Monica Ropal. 2015
Cass is positive that the people she cares about most will eventually leave her. Her father is gone, her mother…
doesn’t notice Cass exists, and her best friend’s battle with cancer was too close of a call. So when she begins her year at a wealthy new private school, Cass’s plan is to suffer through it in anonymity. However, when her cute locker neighbor, Cooper, shows an undeniable attraction toward Cass, keeping him at a safe distance isn’t easy. Even though her Frogtown skater world and his do-gooder preppy one are so different, Cass and Cooper somehow mesh. But once Cass lets her guard down, the unthinkable happens: Cooper is mysteriously murdered--thus proving her original theory. When Cass’s close friend is suspected as the killer, she isn’t sure who she can trust anymore. Between investigating Cooper’s murder and trying to understand what they really meant to each other, will Cass even find what she is looking for?The Case of the Cheerleading Tattletale (The New Adventures of Mary Kate and Ashley)
By Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Jacqueline Carroll. 2004
Murder on the Thirteenth
By A. E. Eddenden. 1992
Once again murder and other dark doings strike the small city of Fort York, Canada, during World War II and…
Inspector Albert V. Trethewaynow Regional Officer, Air Raid Precautionis the one man who can solve the mystery. It all begins on January 13th, 1943 when Fort York is in the midst of its most complete wartime blackout. Suddenly there are reports of an eerie flumelike light in the marsh outside the town. Tretheway finds evidence of weird practices that his friend Cynthia Moon identifies as the work of a coven of witches. This is a fitting sequelat once hilarious and bloodchillingto the first Tretheway mystery, A Good Year for Murder.Die Me a River (Welcome Back to Scumble River #2)
By Denise Swanson. 2018
The chips are down in Scumble RiverSchool psychologist Skye Denison-Boyd had hoped that her maternity leave would be at least…
a little relaxing, but when she and her husband, Wally, meet with the priest to discuss their newborn twins' christening, an explosion at the nearby bowling alley rocks the rectory. And although the business was closed at the time of the blast, there's a body inside.As police chief, Wally is inevitably drawn into the investigation, which seems to indicate that foul play is afoot again in Scumble River, and Skye can't help but do a bit of her own sleuthing. But the clues come fast and furious, ranging from an odd new stranger in town to animosity toward the gambling machines that had recently been installed at the bowling alley, and Skye finds herself wondering if this could be the puzzle that stumps her for good.New York Times bestselling author Denise Swanson has penned another hit for cozy fans with Die Me a River, the latest installment in her beloved Welcome Back to Scumble River mystery series.Chorus
By Emma Trevayne. 2014
The Case of the Missing Falcon (Jigsaw Jones Super Special #3)
By James Preller. 2004
The Case of the Vanishing Painting (Jigsaw Jones Mystery #25)
By James Preller. 2004
A Holiday for Murder
By Agatha Christie. 1939
Detective Nosegoode and the Music Box Mystery
By Marian Orton, Eliza Marciniak, Jerzy Flisak. 2013
The first in a series of irresistibly charming, beautifully illustrated children's classics - the adventures of Detective Nosegoode and his…
talking dog, Cody.At first glance, Mr Ambrosius Nosegoode seems to be a perfectly ordinary older gentleman. After retiring, he has moved from the big city to a small town, where he spends his days growing radishes, playing the flute and taking walks with his dog, Cody.But appearances can be deceiving: this unimposing man was once a famous detective, and his dog isn't an ordinary mutt either - he can talk! When a mysterious man with a fake black beard comes to town and a music box goes missing from the workshop of clockmaker Mr Ignatius Blossom, the two friends begin to investigate.Yeeps! Secret in the Statue! (Abracadabra Series #4)
By Peter Lerangis. 2002
When Quincy opens the Abracadabra Club's fabulous new magic chest, he unwraps a strange-looking statue with one glowing red eye.…
The statue rattles when it's shaken. Turns out, this treasure hides its own secret inside.The Case of the Best Pet Ever (Jigsaw Jones Mystery #22)
By James Preller, Howie Dewin. 2003
The Case of the Golden Key (Jigsaw Jones Mystery #19)
By James Preller. 2002
Devil at the Crossroads
By Olive Etchells. 2009
Following an acrimonious split from her husband, Helen Pascoe moves her three children from London to Trenoon, a lovely old…
house in a rural part of Cornwall, inherited by Helen some years earlier. The whole family soon settles down to its new life near Falmouth, feeling comfortable and happy there, when suddenly the local maritime community around them is stunned by a murder in their midst. A young man is found stabbed and propped up against an ancient standing stone at the crossroads of two narrow lanes overlooking the water, a place where legend says a gibbet once stood.It is DCI Channon's territory, and when he investigates he finds that the victim is connected to all the Pascoes, including the absent father, as well as to other residents of what was once a humble fishing village but which now includes out-of-towners with considerable wealth. The ramifications of the murder affect everybody; rumour and suspicion are rife, and Channon, aided by the abrasive Sergeant Bowles, find that the murder at the crossroads is one of his most difficult cases.Praise for Olive Etchells'The most unnerving crimes of violence are the ones that tear apart small, tightly-knit communities... and Etchells demonstrates this awful process of disintergration.' New York Times Book Review'Etchells' smoothly written police procedural features an intuitive and sensitive hero, Detective Chief Inspector Channon... (his) compassion for the families of the victims, as well as his ability to synthesise information, leaves the reader eager to see more of him.' Publishers Weekly'A quiet but suspenseful village mystery' Booklist